1/8/09 SLOW NEWS DAY ???? This Is All The Local News That The Greenwich Time Could Rustle Up

What Is Cos Cob Crying About.

They Only Have One Chase Bank.

What About The Great Chase Invasion

Of Central Greenwich?

There Is A Chase Bank In Middle Of The Avenue.

There Is A Chase Bank At The Top Of The Avenue.

One Block East There Is A Chase Bank On Mason

One Half A Block West They Have Approved A News Chase Bank

In The Old Harvey Electronics Store.

Then A About A Block Down Putnam Avenue There Is A

Chase Bank In The Stop And Shop Shoping Center.

A Few More Blocks Down Putnam Avenue There Is

A Chase Bank At 500 West Putnam Avenue

Plus There Are Two Other Chase Locations On Mason Street.

And Don't Forget Chase Owns Now Owns

The Washington Mutual Branch At 340 Greenwich Avenue

Cos Cob residents protest another bank
Cos Cob doesn't need an eighth bank. That's that message Mead Avenue residents have sent Chase Bank through a petition protesting the financial institution's plans to open a branch at 371Putnam Ave., currently Bella Nonna Restaurant.

"Cos Cob is not Banksville, which is up on North Street," said Mulberry Lane resident Eric Brower, one of 23 people to sign the petition, in an interview Wednesday. "This would be the eighth bank in Cos Cob."

Brower, who is also a private planning consultant, represented himself and his neighbors before the Planning and Zoning Commisson at its meeting Tuesday night, when representatives of Chase Bank sought, for the third time, preliminary site plan approval.

A restaurant at the location, whether it's Bella Nonna or any other, is much more in line with the neighborhood's character than a bank, Brower said.

A project team for Chase Bank first presented its plans in October for a Cos Cob branch, which would be Greenwich's fifth Chase Bank after Old Greenwich, North Street, Riverside and Mason Street. Chase representatives said they had entered into a contract with the company that owns the property. Details include a new, 2,702-square-foot building, two drive-up lanes with a passing lane and 26 parking spaces.

At that meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission asked the Chase team to consider reducing the number of drive-up lanes as well as develop a shared parking agreement between Chase and the adjacent Dunkin' Donuts. ....

Not guilty plea in accident death

A Riverside man charged with manslaughter with a motor vehicle in the Oct. 5 accident that killed 20-year-old Joseph Borselio pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning in state Superior Court in Stamford......

.....Moore could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted on the manslaughter charge. The charge is specific to motor vehicle accident deaths caused by someone driving while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or both, according to state statutes.

Russell is taking over the case from his associate, attorney James Pastore. The case was previously delayed in November because the prosecutor said he needed more time to get evidence to the defense, Pastore said.

Police said evidence at the scene led them to believe that Moore attempted to flee following the collision, but Russell would not comment on that aspect of the case.

"It would be inappropriate at this juncture to comment on the evidence," said Russell. "Suffice to say Mr. Moore is a remorseful, contrite individual. He's made profound changes in the choices that he makes and he knows that he's been consigned to a life sentence of responsibility and remorse for his actions."

Borselio was a high school graduate of the BOCES program and worked as a cashier at Shop Rite on West Main Street in Stamford......

.....In addition to second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle, Moore also faces charges of operating under the influence, evading responsibility in a fatal crash, unsafe movement and failure to exercise due care to a pedestrian.......

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1/7/09 BREAKING NEWS AT THE GREENWICH POST: Where Is The Greenwich Time And Greenwich Citizen?

Storm stirs things up across town
An overnight storm of sleet and freezing rain coated trees, power lines, cars and roadways with ice Wednesday morning, creating hazardous driving conditions that led to a pregnant woman's near-catastrophic encounter with a tree and the Merritt Parkway's hours-long closure.

MAYBE THIS HEARST NEWSPAPER WILL HAVE

MORE LOCAL NEWS ONLINE LATER ?

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1/7/09 Greenwich Time Business Reporter Jim Zebora Must Have Been Hiting The Bars After He Lost The Greenwich Time Managing Editor Job

Worried Town Residents Are Saying

If Ex-Greenwich Time Editor Jim Zebora Isn't Carefull

He Could End Up In The GPD Drunk Tank !!!!!

Forget About Some Reading Some Business News
In The Greenwich Time, Because Jim Zebora Is
Probably Recovering From A Massive Hangover.

Ex-Greenwich Time Business Editor Jim Zebora
Files His First "Business" Report

The Displaced Zebora Must Of Drank A Lot Of Beer
While Preparing This "News" Story

1/7/09 The Peter Principle Is Effect In Greenwich: Jim Zebora Has Risen Well Beyond His Level Of Incompetence At Hearst Newspapers

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